Patrick LaBella

Attorney at Breit Biniazan
Virginia Beach, VA

About Patrick LaBella

Patrick LaBella is an attorney at Breit Biniazan in Virginia Beach, focused on advocating for individuals rather than corporations. Prior experience includes legal intern at Newport News Commonwealth's Attorney's Office, summer associate at a major Washington, D.C. law firm, and honors paralegal at the Federal Trade Commission. While at William & Mary Law School, he was a member of the National Trial Team, winning the Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County Competition and earning Best Overall Advocate at a National Civil Rights Advocacy competition.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Breit Biniazan

These results are credited to Breit Biniazan. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

A Richmond Circuit Court jury awarded $360 million to three former adolescent patients who were sexually abused by Dr. Daniel Davidow, the medical director of Cumberland Hospital for Children, during what he called routine femoral pulse exams.

Richmond Circuit Court, Virginia · 2024Premises LiabilityRead the full story →

A Charles City County jury returned a $20 million verdict for a ten-year-old boy who suffered third-degree burns across 25 percent of his body after contacting 13,200 volts inside an inadequately secured Virginia Power substation next to his Richmond apartment complex, and the Supreme Court of Virginia affirmed the award in full.

Supreme Court of Virginia (affirming trial verdict) · 1999Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$17.61 millionSettlementTop 20 in Virginia · #5

Nine boys abused by a Colonial Heights church youth leader secured a $17.61 million global settlement in July 2025, wrapping up nearly nine years of civil litigation and paying out four times what the defendants' insurers claimed they owed.

Colonial Heights, Virginia · 2025Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$15 millionVerdictTop 20 in Virginia · #6

A Charlottesville jury awarded $15 million in May 2022 to the mother and sister of Yeardley Love, a University of Virginia lacrosse player killed by her former boyfriend in 2010, more than a decade after his criminal conviction.

Charlottesville Circuit Court, Virginia · 2022Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$11.5 millionSettlementTop 20 in Virginia · #8

A federal judge approved an $11.5 million settlement for a Virginia Beach Navy family whose son was born with severe brain damage at U.S. Naval Hospital Guam in 2014, after attorneys Michael Imprevento and Kevin Biniazan sued the federal government under the Federal Tort Claims Act.

U.S. District Court (Eastern District of Virginia) · 2019Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

William & Mary Law School
J.D., cum laude
Villanova University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Virginia
William & Mary Law Review (Editor)
William & Mary National Trial Team

Awards & recognition

Best Overall Advocate, National Civil Rights Advocacy competition
Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County Competition winner
Phi Beta Kappa (Villanova)
B.A. magna cum laude (Villanova)

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